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ACCOUNT BOOK. APPLICATION FILED Aue.29, 1918.

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ACCOUNT-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une S, 1920.

Application filed. August 29, 1918. Serial No. 251,915.

To all whom it may concern Y Be it known that I, ALEXANDER Hnrsrme KAMP, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of I-Ioboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Account-Book, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact descri tion.

1V y invention has for its object to provide an account book for use by societies and other organizations which will greatly s1mplify the work of keeping the accounts. The book is so arranged that there is little chance of a mistake being made which makes it possible for inexperienced persons to keep an accurate record of all transactions. v

Additional objects of the invention w ll appear in the following specification n which the preferred form of my inventlon 1s described.

In the drawings similar reference characters refer to similar parts in all the views, 1n which- Figure 1 is a plan View showing the arrangement of the stamps and the pages d1s posed thereunder in the stamp book.

Fig. 2 is a plan View showing the arrangement of the page opposite the pages shown in Fig. 1 on which a record of the members may be indicated.

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the pages illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 in position relativelyto each other.

Fig. 4 is a plan view showlng pagesun a record book on which the information recorded on the stamp book shown in Fig. 3 may be quickly recorded. I

Fig. 5 is a plan view of pages at the front of the stamp book on which instructions for the secretaries and auditors may be indicated.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the last sheet of the stamp book.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing how the pages shown in Fig. 5 are secured together in the binder.

. Fig. 8 is a sectional view showing how the subsequent pages which are illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are secured together in the binder.

By referring to the drawings, it will. be seen that the stamp book has a page 10 with horizontal spaces 11 on each of which may be indicated the name of a member of the organization, hisaddress, his book number, and other information as to when and how he joined the organization, and should he no longer be a member, how his membership lapsed.

The opposite page preferably of a color different from the color of page 10 is divided into horizontal spaces 12 in alinement with the horizontal spaces 11 on the sheet 10, and these spaces are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. The said horizontal spaces are divided from each other by perforations and each of the horizontal spaces 12 is divided into a number of stamps by vertically disposed perforations 13. These stamps have gummed under sides 12 Disposed below the said page of stamps which may be referred to by the reference character 14:, there is a wax page 15 with horizontal and vertical perforations which register with the horizontal and vertical perforations in the stamp sheet 14.

Below the wax page 15, there is a leaf 10 on one side of which there are horizontal and vertical lines dividing the said side or page into spaces registering with the spaces bordered by the perforations. On the other side of this page 10, the records of the members are indicated, as has been stated.

As will be seen by referring to Fig. 3 of the drawings, the spaces indicated on page 10 below the wax sheet 15 represent periods when dues in the organization are to be paid, but it will, of course, be understood that these spaces may refer to payments which may be due under other circumstances. As shown in the drawings, these payments are due monthly. Should John Doe, whose account is indicated on line 1 of the drawings, pay his dues in the organization for a particular month, the stamp which registers with the said month in line 1 is torn off and is pasted in the due or pass-book of the said John Doe. In this way, John Doe is given a receipt for the payment of the dues for this particular month, inasmuch as the stamp has marks in dicating the period for which the payment was made.- John Doe, therefore, has a receipt for the payment and any one on examining the book will at once see that the receipt for the payment of the dues for v the said period has been removed from the records and that the secretary, treasurer or other official should account for the funds which should have been received on the delivery of the receipt.

' Should a member join the organization in February, 1t w1 l l, of course, be unnecessary for the member to pay the January dues, and in such a case the stamp registering with the space on which the dues are referred to is pasted on the said space with which it normally registers. This is shown on line 7 in Fi 3 of the drawings where the member joined the organization in February and the January dues were, theriore, not paid, said stamp for the January dues being aliixed as indicated at 16.

Should the ineml or leave the organization for any reason, the stamps are pasted on page 10 over the marks indicating the dues which have not been paid. in the same manner as has been (ilescribed with reference to the allixing oi the stamps on the said page prior to the time when the member joined the organization. Such a case is indicated at 17 in Fig. 3 oi the drawings where on the said line there is a record that Robert lVhite paid his January dues inasmuch the stamp for the January dues has been removed from the book, but the dues for the remainder of the year have not been paid; the said stamps for the said dues being {lifiixed to page 10.

It will, therefore, be seen that by examining the pages, it may be readily ascertained how many stamps have been removed from the book and by multiplying the number of stamps by the amount 01'. the pay ments, it may be quickly determined to what amount the secretary, tr aisurer or other oiiicial should account.

The page of stamps is glued so that these stamps may be readily afiixed either to the page 10 or to the members due or pass-books. The wax paper 15 serves to prevent the stamps from becoming aliixed to the page 10 until it is desired, and it also serves another function, inasmuch as the wax page is perforated, the spaces bounded by the pertin'ations registering with the stamps and with he spaces on the page 10. At the end. of any month, the secretary, treasurer or other oliicial may remove all the ax squares which. have been uncovered by the removal of the stamps, when these wax squares may be counted to determine how many stamps have been removed from the book. This will at once indicate the amount that the secretary, 'ea surer or other oli'icial should account for when a stamp has been aflixed to the page 10, the corresponding waxed square or coupon may be destroyed.

Fi hen a. special. assessment becomes due, another form of stamp may be employed, the said other form of stamp being al'lixed to the members pass or dues books while the stamp on the page 14% over the space on which is indicated the period when the assessment is due is affixed to the said space on the page 10 and is stamped assessment paid as indicated at 18. Should, however,

the assessment be paid without paying the monthly dues, then the square on the page 10 on which is indicated the period when the assessment is due is marked assessment paid. and in a similar way the members pass-book is marked, so that when the monthly dues are paid, the special stamp may be aiiixed to the members book, and the stamp on the sheet 14 over the square on which is indicated the period when the astrouble, which is necessary in most fraternal organizations. This duplicate copy is shown in Fig. 4% of the drawings, where the page 19 corresponds with that portion of the page 10 which is disposed under the pages 14: and 15. Page 20 corresponds with the other side of the page 10 which is shown at the right in Fig. 3 oi the drawings. To make the book shown in Fig. a duplicate record of the book shown in Fig. 3, it is merely necessary to mark the square indicated thereon the month in which the last dues were paid. For instance, in line 1 the last dues were paid in March and a cross is made on the square on which the month lilarch is indicated, a similar cross having been made on the corresponding square in line 1. ot the book shown in Fig. 3 ol. the drawings.

l Vhen an assessment is paid, this is indicated as shown at 20 in the book illustrated in F 4:, the stamps being aliixed to the page 10 in the book shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings, as has been described. The stamps for the dues for the periods prior and subsequent to the time when the person was a member are a'fiixed to the book shown in Fig. 3 as indicated-at 17. This same information is indicated in the book shown in Fig. lof the drawings by marking the squares to which the stamps are afiixed by two oblique lines as shown at 2].. It will, therefore, be seen that a complete duplicate record may be quickly obtained.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings there is shown a term which may be used by the auditor in auditing the accounts.

Fig. 7 shows the manner in which the pages 22 and 23 shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings are secured in the binder.

To prevent mistakes when counting the stamps sold for each quarter of the year, the squares for the last month in each quarter may be marked with crosses as a guide. One cross may be marked for the first quarter paid, two crosses for the second quarter paid, three crosses for the third quarter paid and four crosses for the fourth quarter paid.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a book, a page having a plurality of delineated spaces with markings indicating dates, a second gummed page disposed adjacent the first page and having a plurality of delineated spaces normally registering with the spaces on the first page, the spaces on the second page being separated by perforations, the portions of the second page bounded by the said perforations having marks identifying their normal positions with reference to the spaces on the first page with which they register, and a third waxed page disposed between the first two pages and having perforations inclosing spaces registering with the spaces on the first two pages.

2. In a book, a page with horizontal delineated spaces on which may be indicated means to identify members of an organization, an opposite page having horizontal delineated spaces in alinement with the spaces on the first page, a third page normally disposed below the second page and having delineated spaces registering with the spaces on the second page and marks thereon inclieating dates.

3. In a book, a page with horizontal delineated spaces in which may be indicated means to identify members of an organization, an opposite page having horizontal delineated spaces in alinement with the spaces on the first page, and with marks thereon indicating dates, a third page normally disposed below the second page and having delineated spaces registering with the spaces on the second page, and with marks thereon indlcating dates corresponding with dates,

page having divided spaces registering with the spaces on the second page and with marks thereon indicating dates which correspond with the dates on the second page.

5. A book having a' page with horizontal delineated spaces in which may be indicated means to identify members of an organization, an opposite page having horizontal delineated spaces in alinement with the spaces on the first page, a third page normally disposed below the second page and having delineated spaces registering with the spaces on the second page and with marks thereon indicating dates, a waxed page disposed between the second and third pages with horizontal delineated spaces registering with the spaces on the second and third pages, and a second book having pages ruled and captioned to correspond with the first and third pages of the first book.

6. In a book, a page having a plurality of delineated spaces with marks indicating dates, a second page disposed adjacent the first page and having a plurality of delineating spaces normally registering with the spaces on the first page, the portions of the second page bounded by the said delineations having marks identifying their normal positions with reference to the spaces on the first page with which they register, and a third waxed page disposed between the first ALEXANDER I'IEI'STERKAMP. 

